Alto and Sheryl arrive at Gallia 4 for Sheryl's next concert, but Sheryl's illness finally catches up to her leaving her bedridden. The already belligerent group of Zentradi at the Gallia 4 military base use her sickness as an excuse to mutiny.

Ranka, Sheryl, and Alto's adopted brother get Alto three throughful but mutually exclusive gifts for his upcoming birthday. Alto is going to end up hurting someone's feelings. Which gift will he choose?

Ranka, Alto, and Sheryl are forced to consider each other's feelings when the Frontier fleet produces a movie remake of Macross Zero.

The sparring between Alto and Michael comes to a head when Michael nearly hits Alto's Valkyrie with friendly fire. Meanwhile, the mysterious purple Valkyrie makes a new appearance.

Ranka is starting to get work as a singer, but most of her jobs so far are minor or embarrassing. When she manages to transfer to Alto's school, her day that was looking up is suddenly tarnished by the arival of the Galatic Fairy Sheryl Nome.

Sheryl struggles with her emotions during her live concert while Alto and the rest of the SMS wage a desprate battle to save a pair of ships from the Galaxy fleet.

Ranka has finally gotten her first big break as a singer, but her excitment is quickly overshadowed by the news of the Vajra's attack on the Macross Galaxy Fleet.

Sheryl drags Alto all over Frontier looking for her lost earring while Ranka continues to assert herself with regards to her singing.

Alto and Ranka pursue their dreams but find out not everything worth doing is necessarily easy. In the end, both see some sucess but still have a long way to go.

Alto, Ranka, and Sheryl narrowly avoid disaster as the Vajra resume their attack. Later, Alto learns more about Ranka's past while Ranka makes a move to better her future.